Bumper for vehicles.



T. A. HOOVER. BUMEER FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1912.

Patented July 18, 1916.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS A; Hoovnn,

a citizen of the United States,residing at Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Bumpers fer Vehicles,v of which the following is a spec1 fication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. v

This invention relates to improvements inbumpers for vehicles and particularly to bumpers used upon self-propelled vehlcles,

- such as automobiles; and an object of this invention is to provide an automobile bumper which will be simple 1n construction comparatively cheap in" manufacture,

efliclent and durable in useand susceptible it is broken or otherof ready repair in case Another object of this invention is to provide a bumperof the character de R lbed which not rattle and which be r susceptible of easy adjustmentgand which may be readily connected with the proper parts of the automobile such as the framemembers or' chassis. A thirdobject of this invention is the provisionof a bumper which will yield in all directions and which will absorb the shock of impact upon strikingan obstacle,

- Other features ofthis invention'will bepointed out in the description and claims which follow. r I

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle,

a Figure 1 is aperspective VIGW Of the front portion of an automobile equippedvwith my. new bumper; -Fig. 2 is a similar view-in.

which is shown a modified form of my new v;- 'bum er; Fig. -3is"a detail showing in 'plan. -v the or'm of bumper illustrated in Fig. 1'; and Fig 4: is a detail illustrating in plan the form of bumper shown in' Fig. 2.

In the form illustrated in Figs. land 3,

' the front portion of the bumper is ina single piece bent to form anelongated loop the front", and rear sides, respectively, of

' which are the spring-steel bars a; a cen trally disposed between which is a separaztor-block b. -To the rearbar a," is suitably secured, as .by clips a pair of rearwardlyextending arms 0 by means of which the bumper is fastened to the angle-irons (Z 56 forming a part of'the frame or chassis of the vehicle (Fig, 1). At the ends of the Specification of Ietters Patent,

I Application filed January 24, 1912.- Serial No. 673,140, I

integral bars a, a are formed 'eyes' lined' with bushings and containingdouble-head pins or rivets e the heads' 'of' which are of such size and shape as to cover the upper and lower faces of the turned ends. In the form shown in Figs' 2 and spring metal 7 having a front or body .por tion' 9 in the form' of a barslightlycurved at its ends, which are bent around the rivets or pins 6 and from which extend parallel to the bar the branches h, integral with which are formed the rearwardly-extendi'ng arms 91 having suitable ear-plates j. The arms '5 'my new bumper consists of a single piece of pass through clips is mounted upon the angle-irons d, which forma part of the frame of the vehicle and to the front ends of which are fastened the front ends of the vehicle springs m; Bymeans of the ear pieces 7', the arms dare secured to the lower flanges of the angle-ironed. The body portion 9 of the spring f is reinforced by means of the stripg, which. ma ,if desired, -be made integral with the b0 y portion in the form ofarib.

My new bumper bein'g made of steel throughout, it will yieldv readily. to .forces exerted upon it in any direction; and,

if from any cause, it becomes bent. or broken,

- it may be readily repaired, which is not the case ,withthe square, tubular and channel My 'I- new bumpers now. common use. bumper is attractlve in-appearance; V Iclaimz r 1". In 'a-fender, the combination with 5;; vehicle frameflof a, contmuousspring arranged transversely in .frontof the, frame,

the ends of the spring being bentufion itself toJthe rear and inwardly, the bends insaid 2. An automobile bumperof; a l I tending end-portionsahd which are spaced apart a distance suflicient to engage the-slde single continuousstrip of spripgmetal the f body portion of which is suhstantially con I vex outwardly and 'suflicien'tly to'span substantiallythe frontend of the automo-t bile and the endportionsof which are curved first rearwardly and then. extend inwardly; and a pair of arms'whi'ch 'pro-[ ject rearwardly from said inwardly -.ex--

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members of the automobile frame and are formed with means for attachment thereto. 3. A bumper for vehicles comprising a continuous spring buffer bar for extension transversely of the vehicle, said bar having integral spring-supporting members, the

said supporting members constituting a continuation of the body member and being extended laterally therefrom, and then rear- 4. A bumper for vehicles comprising a continuous spring buffer bar for extension transversely of the vehicle, said bar being bent inwardly upon itself adjacent each end thereof and then rearwardly to form spring supporting members, and. strengthening means for each of said first mentioned bends.

5. A bumper for vehicles comprising a;

continuous spring buffer bar for extension transversely of the vehicle, said bar being bent inwardly upon itself adjacent each end thereof, and then rearwardly to form spring supportingmembers, and means for strengthening each of said first mentioned bends, said means comprising a pin within and conforming to said bends.

6. A bumper for .vehicles comprising a spring buffer bar for extension transversely of the vehicle, said bar being of continuousspring material throughout the entire length thereof, the ends of the bar being bent first upon itself to the rear and then inwardly to 

